Bus headed to Mystic Lake Casino evacuated after bomb threat

Passengers on a bus en route to Mystic Lake Casino from the Mall of America were forced to evacuate in Richfield after someone called in a bomb threat to the Prior Lake casino Saturday afternoon, the Pioneer Press reports.

John Stanger with Prior Lake Police told the Richfield Patch, "They determined there was no bomb. No one was in any danger."

The Star Tribune says police are still investigating who called in the threat.

Employees and customers at the Walmart in Fergus Falls, Minn., were evacuated Saturday night after someone called the store and threatened to injure employees and customers, Fergus Falls Journal reports. Police officials say no one was taken hostage, there were no weapons or threats found and no one was injured.

Students at North Dakota State University in Fargo were evacuated Friday morning from classes after a bomb threat was made, the Valley News reports. An emergency message sent to students and posted on the university's website ordered all students and employees to leave campus by 10:15 am. A similar incident was reported at about the same time at the University of Texas at Austin.

A Cub Foods store in South Minneapolis was evacuated Saturday after a bomb threat was called into the business, police say. According to a police spokesman, store managers evacuated the building, and police found no device. A bomb dog also conducted the final sweep.